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** The ''Money For Nothing/[[The Beverly Hillbillies|Beverly Hillbillies]]'' segment.
** When George is threatened by Fletcher's henchmen while attempting to rescue Stanley: "[[The Shining|Redrum! Redruuum!]]"
* [[Technology Marches On]]: The launch of [[FOX]] as a fourth network in 1986 meant that the trope of UHF as the preserve of educational channels, Spanish-language stations and struggling independent broadcasters was
* [[Vindicated by Cable|Vindicated by Video]]: Ironically, it might have done better at the box office had Orion Pictures not been so excited by how well it performed at test screenings. They gave it a summer 1989 release that placed it amongst films like ''[[Batman (film)|Batman]]'', ''[[Indiana Jones|Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade]]'', ''[[Ghostbusters]] II'', ''[[Honey, I Shrunk the Kids]]'' and so on. Lost in the shuffle, it found its audience through its subsequent video release and TV airings.
** As a result, and as Al sang in the commentary, "Orion! Orion! Is bankrupt, now!"
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* [[What Could Have Been]]: The role of Philo was originally written for Al's friend Joel Hodgson, but he was busy working on [[Mystery Science Theater 3000|his own project]]...
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